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PYLE MSS. VI

The Pyle mss. VI, ca. 1923–1954, consist of papers concerning
journalist Ernest Taylor Pyle, 1900–1945, Clarence E. Edmondson
and Edna Hatfield Edmondson. Clarence E. Edmondson, Dean of Men at Indiana
University, and his wife Edna were described by those who knew them as a
second set of parents to Pyle. In a tribute to Dean Edmonson in the Indiana Alumni Magazine, Pyle notes
"...outside of my own parents...Dean Edmonson did more to develop
whatever alleged character I have than anybody else."

The collection contains a series of letters written by Pyle to the
Edmondsons; an account of Clarence Edmondson's relationship with
Pyle enclosed in a letter to Edmondson from E. Ross Bartley, May 12, 1944;
documents, telegrams and letters related to the honorary degree conferred on
Ernie Pyle in 1944; a copy of the Indiana Alumni magazine, January 1945
related to the death of C.E. Edmondson and miscellaneous documents
concerning Dr. Edna Hatfield Edmondson; newspaper clippings about Pyle
during the war years and beyond. Also present is a 1925 photograph of
William Lowe Bryan, 10th President of Indiana University.

For more information about this collection and any related materials contact the
Public Services Department, Lilly Library, Indiana University, Bloomington, IN 47405.
Call (812) 855-2452 or send an email using our Ask a Question form.